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SoulCollage: Art of the Imaginal Soul
Explore your inner world through SoulCollage, drawing & reflective writing. Create intuitive collage cards. Beginners welcome! Single class or series.
What you’ll do
Explore the rich inner world of images, symbols, and imagination through SoulCollage and gentle expressive arts practices. Participants create intuitive collage cards and engage with drawing and reflective writing to meet the many voices within—personal, ancestral, instinctual, and archetypal. Each session offers a quiet, creative space to illuminate the inner landscape, deepen self-understanding, and cultivate new possibilities. Come as you are—curious, open, and ready to discover something new. Beginners welcome! Register for a single workshop or sign up for all four and receive a discount.
Course Format and Weekly Outline:
January 7 – Thresholds and Beginnings
Theme: Entering the imaginal field.
Practices: Guided imagery; intuitive image selection; collage card-making; soft drawing; reflective
writing.
Outcome: Participants establish connection with the imaginal world and set intentions for the series.
January 14 – Mapping the Inner Landscape
Theme: Exploring the geography of the inner world.
Practices: Simple movement warm-up; watercolor or pastel map-making; SoulCollage card creation;
Journaling.
Outcome: Students identify inner terrains, voices, and influences that shape their current experience.
January 21 – Rivers of Emotion
Theme: Emotional flow and symbolic expression.
Practices: Breath and gentle movement; expressive ink lines; SoulCollage card centered on emotional
or instinctual imagery; writing.
Outcome: Participants gain insight into emotional patterns and the symbolic forms they take.
January 28 – Harvest of Becoming
Theme: Integration and emergence.
Practices: Reviewing previous cards; creating a final SoulCollage card; visual constellation or accordion book; group witnessing.
Outcome: Students integrate their month-long journey and articulate a personal emerging narrative.
Learning Outcomes:
- Develop deeper self-awareness through imagery, collage, and reflective writing.
- Explore inner voices, archetypes, and symbolic stories using SoulCollage methods.
- Strengthen creativity, intuition, and emotional insight in a supportive environment.
Membership has its benefits
All Silver Memberships and above receive 10% off the registration cost for any class purchase over $40.
Materials fees are not discounted.
Become a member today and find community, connection, and creativity.
About your Instructor
Tomoko Murakami
Tomoko Murakami received her MFA in Printmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute and her MA in Transformative Arts from John F. Kennedy University. She is a Registered Expressive Arts Educator (REACE) with the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association and a certified SoulCollage® facilitator.
An award-winning Bay Area artist, Tomoko creates immersive installations and works in both traditional and contemporary printmaking. She has taught, demonstrated, and lectured at California College of the Arts, Santa Rosa Junior College, the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, the Legion of Honor, and numerous community art centers throughout the Bay Area.
With over 35 years of experience as an art conservator specializing in Asian paintings, she brings deep respect for traditional materials and techniques to her work. In her teaching, Tomoko integrates technical skill with embodied awareness, guiding artists to deepen their creative voice and expand their imaginative freedom.
http://www.TomokoMurakami.com
http://www.AsianPaintingRestoration.com
https://mayuarts.com/
Class FAQ
We ask that you notify us at least 10 days in advance of a class if you need to cancel your registration. You may cancel by phone or email and we will gladly offer you a refund or credit toward a future class. If you cancel with less than 10 days’ notice, we will not be able to provide refunds, due to our contractual obligations and material purchases for each class.
Sometimes, the Sonoma Community Center has to cancel a class due to low enrollment or unforeseen circumstances, such as a natural disaster or health emergency. If this happens and we do not offer a reschedule date, you will be refunded 100% of your registration fee (minus the payment processing and services fee), or credit towards a future class. If we are able to offer a reschedule date but you are unable to make the new date, we will gladly offer credit towards a future class.
All credits must be used within 1 year.
You can view our full class policies and guidelines here.
The Sonoma Community Center is committed to creating an accessible learning environment. If you require any special considerations(medical, physical, learning) please share them with Sean Baskin, Program Associate, by emailing him at [email protected] so that he can forward them to the relevant Program Director and Instructor.
Late additions to any program, class, or workshop that has already begun will be allowed on a per-case basis depending upon the Program Director & instructors approval. Late additions will have to pay the full registration cost of the class, along with any materials fees, and will not be prorated for the time missed. You may reach out to the program directors directly, or the Program Associate Sean Baskin at [email protected] to request a late addition.
We are always looking for new instructors. You can fill out the form directly here.
SoulCollage: Art of the Imaginal Soul
Explore your inner world through SoulCollage, drawing & reflective writing. Create intuitive collage cards. Beginners welcome! Single class or series.
Schedule
Wednesdays, January 7 – 28, 2026 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Experience Level
All-Levels, Beginning, Intermediate and AdvancedAge(s)
18-over$50 – Registration Cost
$5 – Materials Fee
$55 – Total Registration Cost
Special: Sign up for all 4 sessions and save $10 per session. Select the package deal.
